An oral history with Mr. Wilson Evans II, 1981 June 11. 1996.

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An oral history with Mr. Wilson Evans II, 1981 June 11. 1996.

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Discusses the following topics: Mississippi; civil rights; Wilson Evans; Aaron Henry; FBI; Gulfport, Miss.; Ku Klux Klan; McComb, Miss.; Medgar Evers; NAACP; Vernon Dahmer; voting rights; union management.

60 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7396768

University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library

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Evans, Wilson P., 1923-

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Born in Greene County, Alabama, in 1924, Mr. Wilson Evans II and his mother moved to Gulfport, Mississippi, when Evans was five years old. Evans served in the United States Army during World War II and saw action at the Battle of the Bulge. After his honorable discharge in 1945, Evans returned to Gulfport and in 1946 began working on the docks as a longshoreman. In 1950, Evans began his long career as a union leader, and later as president of the union. From the description of An ora...

Caudill, Orley B.

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